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Concrete steps must be taken to ensure that health care workers and facilities are protected. This was the conclusion of a High-Level Panel, which was held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
“There is not more important time (to have this debate) given the conflicts that we...

World leaders are gathering in New York this week for a series of High-Level Meetings timed to coincide with the 69th UN General Assembly. The week will be dominated by a number of issues: the impact of ISIL in Iraq, the continuing conflict in Syria, the growing threat of Ebola in West Africa, and the...

Before severe fighting broke out between Government forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in April 2013, some 150,000 people lived in the Abu Kershola locality of Sudan’s South Kordofan state.
The fighting saw most people seek refuge in neighbouring North Kordofan....

The UN and its humanitarian partners have launched a central contribution to the response to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. This contribution – outlined in the Overview of Needs and Requirements document presented in Geneva earlier today – depicts the shared plans and financial...

UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos has concluded a three day visit to Iraq where she witnessed first-hand the terrible humanitarian toll wrought by the violence and fear that has gripped the country.
“There is a serious humanitarian crisis in Iraq […] brought on by the violence and brutality...